---
id: "CVE-2026-111812"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-111812"]
title: "Apache Traffic Server: clients can get proxy's AWS credentials to sign requests"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 10.0
epss: 0.00262
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "runtime"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["apache-traffic-server", "aws", "runtime", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["origin_server_auth-not-loaded", "version-outside-affected-ranges"]
published_at: "2026-10-21T20:17:23+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:29+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-24T13:15:54+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111812", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:29+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-111812", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T13:15:54+00:00"}]
---

# Apache Traffic Server: clients can get proxy's AWS credentials to sign requests

The origin_server_auth plugin in Apache Traffic Server lets a client choose which AWS request headers get signed. An attacker can make the proxy sign requests with its own AWS credentials, so the attacker can reach resources those credentials allow.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

Check the Traffic Server version (traffic_server -V) and whether origin_server_auth is loaded in plugin.config.
Affected: 8.0.0 to 8.1.11, 9.0.0 to 9.2.15, 10.0.0 to 10.1.4, and 10.2.0.

## Fix

Upgrade to 9.2.16, 10.1.5, or 10.2.1.
If upgrading is not possible, unknown whether disabling origin_server_auth is a sufficient workaround.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:29+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111812
- 2026-10-24T13:15:54+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-111812

## From the sources

Apache Traffic Server's origin_server_auth plugin lets a client force signing of attacker-chosen AWS request headers under the proxy's own credentials.



This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.11, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.15, from 10.0.0 through 10.1.4, 10.2.0.



Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.16, 10.1.5, or 10.2.1, which fix the issue.

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